Is this really a Game?!



The group of one of the heads, oblivious to what had happened above, entered the building before entering the two elevators that led to the highest floor. The group had 20 members, but only 7 of them were Tier IV combatants. The elevators were large, but they couldn't fit 10 people each, so in the end, the 7 Tier IV combatants, alongside 4 more members entered the two elevators.

The man that called for them, whose name was Jack, entered one of the elevators with them. The strongest amongst the 11 was a mid-grade Tier IV combatant while everybody else was a low-grade Tier IV.

Previously, upon the destruction of the last floor, the groups panicked as debris started falling down, even injuring some of them. They realized that the situation above was far more dangerous than they thought, but upon seeing Jack, they all relaxed as they were certain that they had won.

After all, they had never come across any other group who was as powerful as all the heads together with their big boss, so for them, the Butcher and the heads losing was not possible. 

If they were a bit more careful, they would have noticed the oddities with Jack who was acting nervously and was constantly touching something on his chest. It was an item that Wolf had placed on his bare chest before sending him down.

Wolf told him that the device planted on his chest will allow them to monitor his actions, and if he did anything that was suspicious, Wolf would then activate a switch that would cause the device to explode, killing the man instantly.

What Jack didn't know, was that that was a complete lie. The device was not a device at all. It was made out of steel, and the only thing it could do was stick to surfaces as Wolf had not finished creating runes on the device and giving it any other features. Still, the serious expression of Wolf and the previous battle they had made Jack deeply scared of them all, thus making him believe everything they were telling him.

As the group entered the last floor, Jack exited last. Everybody could see the chaos that had been made on the final floor, and they could see the many bodies littering the floor. The bodies of Reign and the others were all neatly placed next to each other, with each one being about 1 meter away from the other.

Upon seeing how there were only 3 people on the last floor, the group was surprised, but Jack's words made them relax immediately.

Your leaders are currently searching for those that escaped, in total, we lost 4 heads in this battle and most of the other members. The second-in-command nodded his head before making his way to the center of the floor where Reign and the others were.

"Your head should arrive soon, I have already notified him of your arrival," Jack said while walking behind them. As they all got to the center of the floor, Reign and the others moved.

They all quickly stood up and launched attacks on the oblivious members of the group, as did Jack and the other 3 surviving combatants. Facing attacks from the front, as well as behind and the sides, the group of 11 was defeated before they were able to do a single thing.

None of them managed to withstand the combined attacks of Reign and the others, leading to all of the dying right away. Maybe capturing them and trying to get some of them on their side would have been better in the long term, but these men were mostly criminals, with a large percentage of them being killers.

Even if they were to bend the knee, Reign and the others would never be truly relaxed with them and couldn't trust them wholeheartedly, so it was better to eliminate them all and let Aethion try and get the information they needed.

"Alright, 9 more groups to go." Reign said with a smile as Jack nervously nodded at him.

"If we can continue doing this, we might end up killing all the groups before Beast and the others arrive, which will decrease the number of enemies by quite a lot, after all, the groups that were led by the 10 heads are the most powerful fighting force of this city, alongside the personal group of the Butcher who we have faced together with the heads," Wolf said as Reign and the others nodded at him.

They held complete control of the situation right now, and if they could continue killing the enemies like this, taking over the city wouldn't be that difficult at all. Each group that was led by a head had at least 6 Tier IV combatants, and amongst them, at least 1 was a mid-grade Tier IV combatant right now.

The many gangs of the city were mostly led by peak Tier III combatants, with only a minority having a Tier IV combatant as their leader. Of course, there were over a hundred gangs in the city, so that minority was still a good 20+ gangs. Overall, the city had over 100 Tier IV combatants, and that was only counting the gangs and people that were loyal to the Butcher.

The neutral parties, as well as those hostile to the Butcher that were hiding in the city and around it also had Tier IV combatants, and if one was to combine their numbers with those of the Butcher's gangs, they would get over 200 Tier IV combatants, of course, amongst them, most are low-grade Tier IVs.

Compared to Doncaster, whose Tier IV combatants numbered less than 100, in fact, currently, there were way less than 100 of them as the number of players that had managed to reach the Tier IV realm right now was about 60. Coupled with M'azgara's monsters, they had almost 80 Tier IV combatants, which was less than half the total number of Tier IVs the city they were in currently had.

Of course, numbers were not all.

Reign was certain that the quality of Doncaster's players was higher compared to the enemy, but still, their sheer number would be enough to overwhelm them and in the end, defeat them. That was if the city was completely in sync.

Thanks to the Butcher's fierce methods, his enemies dared not show themselves, and most of the citizens didn't dare hunt too much and become too powerful as that would mean that they would be noticed by the gangs who would try to recruit them, and if one was to say no to a gang's recruitment offer, nothing good would happen to them.

Reign and the others continued calling the groups up to the building, and in less than half an hour, they had killed every single Tier IV combatant in them, leaving only some 100 Tier III combatants in front of the building who were waiting for their comrades and the heads to come out.

That, however, did not happen, and as time passed, they started being a bit suspicious. After all, no matter how large the building, with the combined efforts of the heads and all of their groups, it would be impossible for a couple of intruders to stay hidden for so long, leading to them questioning what Jack had previously told them.

"If things continue like this, they might go back and alert the others, but we also can't simply go down and kill them all as people would notice, alarming every single gang in the city and making our subsequent actions more difficult," Wolf said as he peeked below to see what was going on.

"Yeah, but we have already eliminated most of them so even if they do gather up to fight us, what will change, with our numbers, plus the help of those that have always been hostile to the Butcher, we should be able to overwhelm them and defeat them with minimal casualties," Shadow said from the side, leading to Wolf nodding.

"Correct, but defeating the enemy with minimal casualties and taking them by surprise and defeating them with almost no casualties is very different." 

"Firstly, we would cement our strength in the hearts of the citizens, making them believe that we are far more powerful than the Butcher and his men were, which will lead to less unrest, not to mention that we won't be able to eliminate every single gang member, so if we were to take them by surprise and eliminate almost all of them, the remaining gang members won't dare cause any troubles."

"Secondly, we will immediately gain the full support of the citizens and the neutral parties, so even without placing many of our men in the city, they will naturally do their best to calm everybody down and help us take over the city."

"Overall, the future actions we will take in the city will be far easier if our plan works, and for it to work, we need to make sure that none of those men alert the other gangs," Wolf said with a serious expression, leading to Reign and the others to look down solemnly and think of what to do with the 100 people that were waiting.